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SUCH Persons as are desirous of contracting • with the A gent f or Comm i ssar i at Suppliel, to de li ver :t"°o Chald rons of COALS at GIBRALTAR, may receive Par 'tilars of the Contract at this Office between the hours of I " v en and Five, th e and deliver their Tenders sealed up and ir e vted to the Ag en t f or C omm i ssar i a t S upp li es , mar ki ng , po " Tender for Coals," on or before Tuesday, the 224 • s „ot., — int, but none will he received atter Twelve „'Cluck on r i Y; nor will any P roposa l h e noticed unless made on an nexed to a printed Particular, and the Prices inserted Word s at length ; nor unless a Letter be subjpined to such IT "Ri signed by two Persons of known Property engaging "itt es " 4 _,."iliv hound * with the Party tendering, in the Sum eic t° se u'ill the Particulars, fur the due Performance of t he ntraet. tIRREAS, by - Fcri Order of thejlieb Court, 0A7 1 , 1 ) 1 Chancery, made in a GIST aga?nSt it was amon ,, st other thingso rdered , that it should of the reed to JAMEg ' STEPHEN, Esq. one of . the Masters Nth said Court, to enquire and state whether James Gist, th e the Will of Samuel Gist deceased, the Testator, Neh et ; said Order named, he living or dead,' and if dead, ' e r he left one issue male lawfully begotten, and born lode" Europeau w - oman or whether he left any child or the t ' iine of the death of the said Testator. iaad James Gist (who went upwards of 40 years ago to let t i' a S a Private Soldier in the Hon. East India Company's l ilac and_ passed as it is sopposed under the name of " 1 " ' f l iving is forthwith to come in before the sad 4 : e , r . , at his Ula'rnhers inSuuthauipton-Buildings.ChancerY -4all,;s""ido, and PROVE his IDENTITY; and if the slid 14,,,tulpist he dead, he Issue Male of the said James Gist ! I 'o t l t y ,Ileetitten, and horn of an European woman; and _,e t 'itild or Children of the said James Gist, living at to d i g tu ne o ' r ,' of the death of the said Testator, Satiric] Gist. (who about th 16th d . ay of January 1915) are, or is 444-Ilu to com e in b e ef ne tin:said Master . at his said Chant ;44 Prove his , he r, or their identity, and relationship tir e to the •'d tes Gist • andany person who can tathile"Y hifo rinatit: al cu :cting the said James Gist, or his r tiAtr a n re re r s equested forthwith a f ore ive such in , ' 4l to the said Master at his Chambersaid. THOS. ALL,M%, Solicitor, Frederiel:'s-place, Old Jewry. 4 ~,, MILL9RD'S PATENT CLOTH. ti,s ' •.I , Z l b L iti L ir A It D d . heLrs respectfully to inform the Families going to, or returning from, tde P l i ,' l und We a s n t Indies, &c. his PATENT CLOTT-T i surer ' h 4 t r Ilse of the Fine Madras Long Cloths of 4 e "t s ubstitute for Linen, while it is to ' 4 nd i s f„ • • • desir able for its healthfulness nearlyhalf .*,., r in th um, particularly iore cold and changeable 11:44t".' I "e' as well as in the n exportation, in entire Boxes, ..,( 1 1, N . ~, tls sold, stamped, for . ~.." paiai,"" single Piece, of 26 to 52 yards each,. I for a, t , l d ie u u p se . ward,,'es, at 2 s _2s. 6d.-35.-3s. 6d. per )4"' No. 16 '.1 4, ‘ ,A, his iamil • • Linen Warehouse, &c. , 144141(1' P I -.D E (and 1 where else), in 4-4ths for Shirting, . I Ra , i i .i t il - ' , s , fuy Slieetin n g o . Tu those who . wish,a warmer article tSi 4 , it is inost desirable, Id climates, as well as for its economy. 141,1'ess,e_4‘4"iiteb).:, fay the d . winter season, and for co 1 7 intit,,P collar a tantage of beautiful appearance and 0 ar Vc, ... of wear. ..:' atilt v,,,,44%Chilitz 'anti Anjengos, for Ladies Dres e s u , u C ta h i i n l - - Go% fr :'4l a th r e• are obtained as above, in Pieces, 10- , _ ,411.0 t --...- .. , ece. '"--,..._' 4, ti libt , to four Dresses each, frorkTwo I kii,..tsr\-----..........._ • * ‘v and superior I'ti'''ktc:' l oE: of sH"111)8 "' a "e th to Essence „ f ot ' t tis . ftir FISH, equal rn s t ren g th , 4 " 1 4 i i,f e lv ` i ' i f:iii:P tll f t ar ,. e z xe r e a l r l , i e n i g d. it Thein fl i r a o r o o i c u i r is , e a d n e d o.i l a m o s d t h fi e ) r a d i t .''' IPir "IL', Pelf l ' in '' ' • t•ori it is held in by those -iie ~ e tri,,,,- of the estiam i 411 or r. ''''' it i ' It. The Proprietors flatter themseulevuerse, ever Ikl;er ` t sar ° lite csed, it will obtain a pre-eini lii 4.ft 16 s; C eS for Fish the 11,41`-; %Birimore anti Son ; and sold by T. Powell and Son the r":stleetrr?,bill, Corner of Hatton-gardeu. The Public kii,,'gnatt,:Y r equested to observe , that eac h bottl i e s has tie ~'1 l lii,',!" l C. Dinmore and Son ; none o th er . el l sale ri is necessary , `•- -4,W 41 ttio ' as there is a spurious arti .. ' . TO c 0.... FRAUD PREVENTED. la, t niade't"!etact the many attemptstltaare tht:ly k.y e. nduf th 41 ,., 4, 1105e on flu- unwary a Spur i ou s Co mposition ti. "TIN , t, "ENVINE BLACKING prepared by DAY and gnat 11)ey have ado ited a new Label, in which their is 44d Address 1 Ittlyu.consili 97, High Holborn, 1 4), t rtih t .e,4,°.usly placed in the centre of the Lab el, cof that the • 4 it , > Wilicti', a ttention to this, and the differen ce chase, s Isi' l 'e t r , , I is unlike all Letter-press, will enable ur aal t e, kl.:Areel the Imposition. tali "y th ~icJAPAN BLACKING, made and sold whole : Sli, ( ‘ ,l hi, tie and MARTIN, 97, High Holborn, and re (I tl e „le Priiiei al Gr , •ers DrggiSts, Booksellers, Ir.on •••,Z. VttfiiinerPs, Bot t i; - -nnikers, &c. in the United Kitig la---...„--111e s ated 9d and Ps. Gd. each. tC).I2 Tuegd;....----- September, was published, A ( .. , . k . ,„•2, the Ist 7 ____. _ A. 21N:0.n OOD's EDINBURGLI AIM= Mt , ,No• Xvii. for August, 1818. CoNT F. NTS. Nit: sill :I: 1 4 . a „ PI Setae P History of Literature—Samuel Iltiel):ll4itlime n.,aviil Hume Menir; Edition of Antara—Re ott 4 .....1 Anonymous aosi Fugitive Essays of the Earl of tt r r Y, N 4 Illy Younger Days—The Cockne School fora' 6. ,I . 11. lIT ri„, ti .--I.etter to the Committee of Dile t tanti—Let t ., s,o- N IL ' 'l.,,'°„"Y rickler to eminent Literary Cliarkia • L ',.., I k ‘er „ f :"5 Editor of Blackwood's Magazine—l he Nla" 24 1 tii, ,Itnsterdani; a Poein. Canto IV.—On the Dress ),‘.1:4,1%,1(44,1'"i1iatt Age—On the State of Music in Edits '°. 1 141 t, " in i , i ' s an Althain and bis Wife—An Ancient Blue , I , ( 4zi t P;pi yes froni Nell Gwyn—Horm Cantabrigiens_es, , th ,s, t _g i ra translated—Hazlitt Cross-questioned—A . c br4 e I llt r 4,1 curious Clubs in London about the beginning tiri:ittfti:rittiti'l.%....t:6C,N,7l:l:.;ue;:.....Anatyticat Essays on th e Early English Wrbster's White Devil, or Vittoria C0,"010,,,r15h ," 0 10, , , r 1 sh ( )nicer toreat Madonna of Dresden—Letter esof fr ft o i n y i IZl':'liiiii2,--,l,l.oaused Reform the in Liverpool—'Pales lii,,j'eeriV4le Philippine Ini sla o ndsßt e •u g i g arks on Currents— At,-.lt-: .tiatlyne, in the Island of Tiree—A ‘Vord to the Currents-- it,- qf 1014" and Wernerian Disputants —On the Vertical tli,tytt 1.C.181e of Wight —On Shakspeare's Sonnets—Hay , ti,,ds;.biarevatr.......,, Is .t.,,litii,lii;:.lc.l git,ei. ,:ii it fil clia, re oti 'loose i i i i i5 1 .....g i a r t 7, 1 1 ri i i t t ci s :le i e s_ A n ‘l i .vm a , ogaorofikribi Albemarle -street , a—Extracts front Goss ,acriLeio.bnev—deol:lii t ; e raanr and i fY a Cr Register,l h e a - r s i t e r s e La mb—Literary Any ,f W "od, )7, Pr ince's -street, Edinburgh. tA-,, _ the former Numbers may be bad, 2s. 6d. each. 4oN , ..x •,„ ---- , ' 4nE VENEREAL DISEASE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. ..4,kt,4„New p ~ : I lls D,IV Was published, t , .1 , 1,k ,ii . ut ,l „,, , , price ss. illustrated with Cases. ljl'ilini,lON ~ndIC,A,L 'IREATI SE nn the PREVEN i,::N!' .the ch.cLitE of the VENEREAL DISEASE, ex kV (/b's,4,tdia4tr.rter, Symptoms, and Treatment of the t llf 51 r Vkli i, t : Y ,r remotely connected with it ; coutam llij„4s, a,`' (.44 sti e " (fleet, Stricture, Mucal Discharges, the 14.m\v• l'ii,.4gin„,,.„ and Common Bougie, Cutaneous Erup i rt:t.y,l, ci.retiv,tineyeal Diseases, Debility general or local, Of 51'1'N',' 5t1)d,,,..".4t1011, etc. Sic•• comprising an elementary • 14 \ t' iliidelilli s c T, s e ' t Vid a Guide . ' to the general Reader; in' r, rescrip • ' tions applicable to each division in hat I.\ `'. In e ty T . :,, li t , ( .1 ti' ' s ;trit, T. CATON, Surgeon, - ~ Int, d ie up.,olie-street, N ewcastle -street, Strand ; 'ii t .I:lighli°,ry A l ' e t : t s d rs. ii ` ) . , l l)i . tails of St. Thomas's and Guy 's. " 44 14 4 ,,, f atid 8 ", el wood and Co. 20, P aterno st er- - atr t ". 174 Fleet- r •t• and W. Neely, vt) Lyndon.' it " ' t roo6- D s. "4 Loaf fr°- 4 t• i b.o d ;e2gb 4 q to •• GI per' 5 per g" qf • il . ur liiisti r qf• per °ft' ►er 4r• per t . 11; tape C1 :1' t , r bus“-i •ts• 4t 11l to , , to I C) ; 01 5 0 01 "!. 50, 00. . 1 . 0,1 to ,Lv -3,1 to 5. 71 IP 0,1 0 4 et " ol (1 ' si I s ' 0 4 4 3 d to „ „il io t a 10 o la i d 1 0 (r! t‘: iSi g g tO 3 d to 4ii j to v e j eJ to 1 0 0 s 9 1, ,d qe 0 3J jl 04 te I °. id id) • • og rid to s t' d ' • sj ta g ! It/ , I°:,°/ 4. • kp.. 10 1 . 1 Nell 4. 4 . " • .05, lielb' i ro 0 4 ' ;..•• ••• 1-ji , J 1 " I .;ef s Oil pric e% . t o , ) a- 64' O rr c arl i ' Ve r li ) ? vitt! , ° use, 6". oreq e,e, t .r Vi e ` rocs s ' 0 1,1- 0' ost,L flo r"ji j 11 0°0 o f of je t, oo, a t of pay O J, le /r/' able 1 /: rt e lat e 10 1 ' ett r ; 0 roA P a til I f e Og f r ,te e At 6 1 t 9 ' • ,14 116 4 ' r" )1 .•••• WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 18 SPANISH DECREE. The King our Lord has been pleased to address to me the following Decree :--- " On taking a view of the antiquity and pro gress of the Debt of the State, and considering that neither the lapse of years, or even of ages, nor private and public prosperity in various folio nate epochs, have sufficed to extinguish, dirni-• nish, or consolidate national credit, I should have renounced the arduous attempt to restore it, had not the principles of eternal justice, to which numerous creditors, the innocent victims of the promises of the Government, appeal, and the con viction that credit, which has at all times contri buted to the welfare of States, forms in modern policy the chief basis of their power, incited me to exercise a constant vigilance in in7estigating and discovering the real cause of so many evils, - and the means 'whereby they may be remedied.— This I have accomplished ; and, in consequence of the deliberations of my Councils of Castile and Finance, of representations from various corpora tions and enlightened individuals, of the informa tion derived trom a junta' of Ministers which I nominated for that purpose, of that' whiCh• you resented to me in a memorial on this important subject, and, finally, of the luminous disctission atid judicious opinion expressed by my Council of State thereon, all the light of which this difficult and interesting question is susceptible, 'has been cast upon it ; anti I have obtained-the inestimable satisfaction of being convinced that the public au thority, which enforces with all the rigours of the law the fulfilment of those stipulations be tween individuals which are secured on mortgaged property, tenders the engagements contracted by r ire Government illusory, if it be not guided in all it s operations by those maxims of morality, jus ti,e, and public conveniency, that form the su preme law from which its high functions cannot exempt it :—that the unalterable 'principles 'of that law are those only which can assist in the establishment of public confidence:—that a system founded on solid bases dictated this supreme law in all the branches of public administration, and its most exact and scrupulous observance can alone supply sufficient means for meeting the debt, and consolidating the credit of the State; and that, to establish this system, I ought to imitate that conduct which a wise and just pru dence dictates to the father of a family,• who, finding that misfortunes or imperious circum stances have injured his credit, reduces his expen diture as low as possible, reforms all the abuses that have contributed to his embarrassment, care. 7 fully watches to prevent similar abuses from springing up, and exciteOhrOugh his whole esta, hlishment an.anxions activity for augmenting his profits, and a constant assiduity to obtain the confidence of his creditors, by regular accounts, a steady integrity, and a frank disclosure of his transactions, his situation, and his prospects.— These are the principles which 1 propose to oh, serve, and they are the same which were sanction ed in my Royal Decree of the 30th of May, 1817, which shall be inviolably executed for the benefit of the great Spanish family whose father I have been constituted by Divine Providence. The pru dlent and economical measures adopted by that Decree, owing to the magnitude of the evils which afflict us, have not yet had all the desired effect ; but that effect will doubtless be produced as .soon as the critical circumstances of the State may permit, and prudence direct, the execu•ion of the law ; but it is not permitted to men to obtain sud denly what they desire, or what is fitting for them. The expenditure, which has hitherto been left without rule or order, is daily diminished, and in time will be annually reduced and limited to what is absolutely necessary. A profound peace, which, determined as I am to adhere religiously to treaties, never will be disturbed by me, and the most perfect harmony with all the nations of the world, succeeds to a war system, the principal • origin of the national debt, and a decided protec tion given to the agriculture, the manufactures, and the commerce of my subjects, which, as the fountains of ail public and private wealth, occupy my first attention, will augment our resources, the deficiency of which restricts my plans with. respect to the public creditors. A previous know ledge of the talents and probity of all the persons to be employed in the administration of my Royal finances, and a rigid attention to their accounts, Kill be the means of avoiding dilapidations and increasing the produce of the Royal revenues.— The correct and regular account of the estimates of the expences of the revenue, and of its distribu tion, will guarantee the integrity of these trans actions in my reign, hitherto distinguished from those of my ancestors, in consequence not only of no burden having been thrown on the nation by either domestic or foreign loans, but, on the con trary, by having reduced the debt beyond what the wants of the Country and the Royal Treasury ap peared to warrant ; and, lastly, a strict attention to the payment of the advances -on the duties, which are now signed, or may hereafter be sign ed, thus securing the religious performance of my promises by establishing a complete separation between the funds of public credit and those of the treasury. " These are the straight paths which I am con stantly desirous of pursuing, in order to arrive at the much-desired end of establishing public credit : those tortuous ways which have conducted to the opposite extreme will not again be resumed—the evils which have so deeply afflicted my heart will be repaired—and the state, which in its distress found no assistance except at the expence of great sacri fices, which in the end have weighed heavy on the country, because the failtire in fulfilling engage ments has excited distrust, will merit the rec o very of confidence, and will obtain abundance of sup- plies without those hard conditions which are im posed by bad faith. In consequence of the in vet sion of this order at the time of.the publication of the Royal Decree of the 13th of October, 1815, for fixing the bases of public credit, and assigning duties for the payment of the debt, my Royal re solution expetienced the same fate as the edict of the 30th of August, 1800 ; because, not being pre ceeded by a full and accurate examination as to what duties 'could be appropriated to the relief of public credit without producing serious inconve niences% its regulations continued to be objected to, and finally ceased to be enforced. Such an examination is a preliminary and indispensable step in establishing the fundamental bases of the grand edifice of public credit. " At the time when I flattered myself with hav ing attained, through measures called or by jus tice_and public utility, that end which,, its conse quince - of deviating from those measures, has not yet been reached, I find that I cannot have the satisfaction of announcing the happy epoch of the completion of my, views, with all the extension - which 1 wish to give them,'—that is to say, the moment for realizing the payment of the interests in specie, and the annual redemption of a capital . sufficient to secure the public creditor against any loss. In consequence, not being able to overlook, in the application of the duties, the deplorable state of the people, and the desire of avoiding any shock between their character and the measures intended for the encouragement of agriculture, mane factures, and commerce, all the deliberations of my Councils and Ministers, and of en lightened individuals, have not been sufficient to secure the objects already indicated. But if, in order to extend the operation of the funds ap plicable to the support of public creilit, 1 had been able to abstract myself from these considerations, and to overcome my natural resistance to burden with fresh contributions a people who have re cently given me proofs of the greatest fidelity and attachment, and who have endured ail the horrors of a most destructive war, I could not have adopt ed any measures which would have been capable of influencing the restoration of public credit, or which. would have redounded to the benefit of the creditors ; for one part of my subjects being debtors to the other, the imposition of any new tax, beyond what the country might be able to sustain, would be a violent measure, cal culated in a short time to ruin private for tunes, Which only can minister the requisite assistance for the discharge of the debt—a measure also of short duration, and which would render all other sacrifices illtisory. Under such circumstances, neither the creditors, .nor the rest of my subjects, can hope more from a Sovereign than that he should adopt and steadily maintain those means which are in his power for attaining an object so much desired, particularly in such a question as the credit of Government, which' is more readily consolidated-by the observance of a system dictated by morality and justice than by the quantity of securities mortgaged. These maxims of honour and good policy, which are engraven in my heart, have made we determine to propose only what 1 believe can be re alized, and to advance by degrees, until cir cumstances permit me to- completely fulfil the obligations which have been contracted, by ex clusively applying, in order to attain that end, not may the meassves to which I have now given my approbation, but any others which may be sug gested, or which may present themselves in fu ture, without their being subject to any other ap plication, even when the debt shall be diminished. On these grounds and considerations, I have li mited myself for the present to distributing among the creditors, according to the nature of their debts, such funds as the circumstances of the na tion permit to be so applied, but in such a man ner that all may in some measure be attended to ; and for this . end, and, having heard my Council of State, I have ordered, and do order as tOliows:"— [The articles of the decree (which have already been given in substance) for classing the public debt into debt hearing interest, and debt without interest, anti for providing means for the dis charge of the same, follow. The decree is signed. by. the Kiug, and addressed to Don Martin de Garay. To this document is added the Pope's Bull, authorising (with some exceptions) the ap plication for two years of the revenues of such benefices as happen to be vacant, towards the ex tinction of the public debt.] It is a consolation to the industrious mechanic, and persons of moderate income, who are afflicted, to know they may have the best advice, gratis, if they attend at certain hours, namely, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday mornings, until one o'clock, at the Medical Board, Great Charlotte street, Blackfriars-road. That thousands suffer from improper treatment is a fact—the latent seed of a dreadtul disease lurks in the sy s tem, de stroys domestic happiness, and entails debility on the rising generation. _ _ _ The Medical Board claims the attention of those afflicted with Strictures, Fistulas, Cancers, Scrophulas, Nervous Debilities, Eruptions, ul cerated Throat, Pains in the Head and Limbs, frequently mistaken for Rheumatism, Nodes in the Shin Bones, &c. Messrs. COOPER anti Co. after forty years' prac tice in various Hospitals abroad and in this me tropolis, are consulted at Woodstock -street, Ox ford•street, daily from eight till eight ; and at the Medical Board, Charlotte-house, Great Char lotte-street, Blackfriars-road,precisely from twelve until eight in the evening, 4 4* Ruptured Patients, whose tumours ex ceeded '24 inches, have had them returned, to the surprise of the Medical Profession. 4 §* A side door;•and - private rooms for fe males. [Pnrct SEIrtNRENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. FOR THE SUN: Mtt. Enrroa,-4 am induced to trouble you with some observations on a subject of 'extreme importance to the Mercantile and Trailing World. The real facility which the Insolvent Ac: affords, for extricating men frmn confinement,. tenders them indifferent to liberty and careless of in dustrious pursuits. it' there was not a certainty of early emancipation, debtors would be more strenuous to keep out of prison, principle would have mote influence ,on their conduct, and credit would not be subject to the deceptions which knavery invents; and which no law can det,et. With the utmost vigilance that_ can bcosed there is no certain prpteoion against fraudulent conduct, because motives are not demonstrative* and even if detection results from Fraud, punish ment affords no retribution. The mischiefs, under the Act, are without esti.. mate; and if -the Law is permitted to continue-, its extent of evil must be accumulative. Ten men, in as many different gaols, may be individually debtors to one person, and, although he can prove no legal fraud against either, be is equally a sufferer by their insolvency, and in his turn must become insolvent too. Thus the whole trading interest in the nation, in its turn, feels the shock, and hundreds who are now at large may become insolvent by rotation. Credit, under such cir• cumstances, must necessarily become stagnate, and no man will counteract the position that credit is indispensible. I feel convinced, Sir, that if imprisonment operated in terrorem, meri ‘vould not incautiously or designedly contract debts as they do at present. If they were appre• hensive no relief awaited them, they woulil not so readily place themselves in a situation to re• quire it ; on the contrary, the tear of imprison.. meta would induce cautionary conduct ; but three months is to many debtors only a holiday, a sort of jubilee or recreation. And if creditors were not subject to The delusions practised by debtors, or could be protected by ti►e power of the Law itt legally retaining the debtors' person, they would not be subject to so much imposition, and com merce and credit would again become co-ex tensive. I would humbly suggest, Sir, experimentally, the repeal of the present Act, at least for a time, or to let the public know that it is not meant to coutioue beyond the period fixed ; and if the prisons should become crowded, temporary measures, as heretb. fore, might be resorted to. But, assuredly, the prisons during the last five years have been more crowded than at any former period. If hereafter it should be found requisite to renew a permanent measure, I would suggest a definite period of im prisonment for a specific son) after execution, and even then not allow the same spice of imprison. menu for an excessive sum as for sums of more limited amount. Or, if the protection of credit should he a distinct aim of the Legislature, pro bably uncertau imprisonment will best attain tliat object. Under the provisions of the present Act, it operates as a death-blow to credit altogether.;. and such is the apprehension and suspicion of men in trade, that credit is withheld where it might be-given with safety, and the pretensions of designing men are the insidious traps by which' the fair trader is ensnared ; and thus the Act ope rates to prejudice the well-meaning, and to le• your the fraudulent. The restoration and protection of credit are ob jects of vital importance to the community, and on a reflection that nearly twenty thousand per sons have been released from custody under the Insolvent Act, it may be estimated that the debts of such persons must in torn operate to involve many others in the vortex of insolvency ; for, as the Report of the House of Lords justly says, " the creditor of to-day may be a debtor of morrow." 1 would humbly submit, Sir, an extension of the Lords' Act, as practical experience has con vinced me that the extension of benevolent feel- ing best answers the views of the creditor, there by promoting his interest, and frequently his in clination, for we are not in this country proverbial for unprovoked resentment. Under the old Law, previous to the Insolvent Act, creditors were in duced to give an extension of time, for encourag ing the exertions of the debtor, who, when he had no alternative left, willingly applied his efforts in payment ; and to encourage those efforts, his friends assisted %aim with a portion of means and money, the sinew of industry circulated and en-• couraged it ; but now the unprincipled debtor ob tains all the credit he can, solicits no time for the encouragement of his industry, but voluntarily' surrenders himself to prison to save his friends' pocket—thus promoting indolence, and defeating just expectations. . These suggestions are the result of conviction and experience, but feeling my own incompe tency to offer an adequate remedy, I may be ex cused in attempting to evince the necessity of it. SCRUTATOR. Wine Otiice•court, Fleet-street, Sept. 6. Friday night the Bristol coach, on its way to town, was unfortunately overtuined cn the off side, near Marlborough forest. In the inside were eight passengers, including two children, and on the outside twelve, with the di iver. Sonic of the individuals sustained injuries from bruises;hut no serious accidents occurred beyond them and the fright occasioned by such a disaster. The person riding by the coachman, alighted on his fet t in an upright 'position ; which, no doubt,, was oct a sioned by the buoyancy of the umbrella be was holding over his head (it raining fast at the time) with a firm grasp, and thereby rendering 1. a descent gradual. This confirms the propriety of using art umbrella as a fire escape. i-"' - - - N , L -' ki; '/: Tom: '" ' ';', ,' , ''''..". , •,,, S .e, r J • .... *,.. :.1- . 1' , Y4 1 \ 1' 4.N.sk-i., •---- -r--',„, O, ti 4 ,. ....c. .- -- 1 del 1 1,65 t ..7. . 4.> 1 1